Trawl company fined over illegal lingcod catch

Here's the press release.

Processor dinged $205K for ammonia dumping

Federal authorities say North Pacific Seafoods today was penalized $205,000 after pleading guilty to dumping ammonia into the Kodiak city sewer.

Here's the press release.

Sitka herring seiner fined after guilty plea

Remember the mash-up during the 2011 Sitka herring fishery that resulted in Daniel Crome getting charged with misdemeanor reckless boating?

Well, the case has finally reached a resolution, with Crome changing his plea to guilty last Tuesday in Sitka District Court.

The judge imposed a $1,000 fine and a year's probation.

More on Fuglvog

The U.S. attorney's office issued this press release on Arne Fuglvog's court appearance today.

Fuglvog update

So, Deckboss attended the court hearing and frankly it was a pretty dull half-hour.

As expected, Arne Fuglvog pled guilty to the fishing violation, and Judge H. Russel Holland accepted the plea.

The judge then penciled in Nov. 18 for sentencing.

A handful of reporters attended, folks I'm sure would have been elsewhere had the defendant merely been a fisherman and not an ex-aide to a U.S. senator.

Lloyd, former commissioner, pleads guilty to DUI

Here's the story from the Associated Press.